JFK Library employees reinstated after federal firings last week

All five employees of the JFK Presidential Library who were laid off last week have been rehired, Director Alan Price confirmed Wednesday morning.

“We’re all thrilled to have the team back,” Price said.

The rehired staff work in ticketing and visitor support at the Boston venue, and their pay is covered by admission fees, and not federal funds.

The JFK Library closed briefly last week after the sudden firing of the workers amid the Trump administration's dismissal of employees on probation — those who've worked less than a year at a federal facility or agency.

The firings were just one example of the chaotic impact of the White House's dismissal of federal workers across the country.

In response to WBUR's inquiry, the JFK Library Foundation released a statement: “As the Foundation that supports the JFK Library, we are relieved that all five of the JFK Library staff members who were let go last week have been reinstated. They are all critical to Library revenue generating operations, which can now resume as normal, and it is wonderful to have our valued colleagues back.”

In the employees' absence over the weekend, other staffers, including Price, worked the front desk.

Officials at the library were not permitted to respond to other questions, and directed remaining inquiries to the National Archives press office, which did not immediately respond to requests for comment.